Washington Island, Sturgeon Bay Facing Referenda April 2

The school districts of Washington Island and Sturgeon Bay will both ask voters to approve non-recurring operational referenda on April 2.

Washington Island will ask voters to approve a $595,500 revenue-limit override for the 2019-20 school year and $635,000 for the 2020-21 school year. Sturgeon Bay’s three-year, non-recurring referendum seeks overrides of $2.9 million for the 2019-20 school year, $3.2 million for 2020-21 and $3.6 million for 2021-22.

Sturgeon Bay school superintendent Dan Tjernagel joined Myles Dannhausen Jr. on the Door County Pulse podcast to talk about the referendum’s implications for the school, why it’s needed and more school-funding questions. Listen here>>

Washington Island School District Question

“Shall the following resolution be approved? Resolution authorizing the school-district budget to exceed revenue limit for non-recurring purposes: Be it resolved by the School Board of the Washington Island School District, Door County, Wisconsin, that the revenues included in the school district budget be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $595,500 for the 2019-2020 school year and by $635,000 for the 2020-2021 school year for non-recurring purposes consisting of ongoing educational programs and services in order to provide quality opportunities for each student to achieve his or her academic and personal potential.”

Sturgeon Bay School District Question

“Shall the School District of Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $2.9 million for the 2019-2020 school year only; by $3.2 million for the 2020-2021 school year only; and by $3.6 million for the 2021-2022 school year only, for non-recurring purposes consisting of funding educational programming for students?”